Faculty

SUNDAR VISWANATHAN

BMus (Wilfrid Laurier), MMus (New England Conservatory of Music), PhD (NYU)
Associate Professor: Jazz Studies
Department of Music, York University

sundarv@yorku.ca

Sundar Viswanathan is a jazz woodwind player, composer and vocalist with extensive performance and teaching experience in the US and Canada.

He leads his own ensemble and has also performed with many other groups, including the Charles Tolliver Big Band, the Avataar Collective and Ensemble Uniqua, and with leading artists such as Billy Hart, Jim McNeely, Jeanne Lee, Joe Lovano, Clark Terry, Al Martino and Kenny Wheeler.

He has toured Europe, South Africa and Japan. Professional appearances closer to home include the Lincoln Center, the Count Basie Invitational Jazz Festival and leading New York City jazz clubs such as the Blue Note and Birdland.

Professor Viswanathan's compositions are informed by Brazilian and Indian musical styles. His scholarly research interests include the music of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson.

Dr. Viswanathan taught at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; Brooklyn College and Manna House Workshops, New York; and Toronto's Humber College before joining York's Music Department in 2001.

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